Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on January 27 sent a congratulatory message to newly-appointed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. In the message, Minh spoke highly of Blinken’s contributions to the promotion of the Vietnam-US relationship over the years. He affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to and hopes to strengthen the bilateral relationship in a practical, stable, and long-term direction based on the principle of respecting international law as well as each other’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political institutions. Minh also expressed a hope that the foreign ministries of Vietnam and the US continue to work closely together, thus contributing to further deepening the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership, especially in the fields of economy, trade, investment, and COVID-19 response. Earlier, on January 25, he also cabled a message of congratulations to US National Security Advisor Jake … [Read more...] about Congratulations to newly-appointed US Secretary of State
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Vietnamese clubs expected to sail through AFC Cup group stage
Hanoi FC will join group G with Indonesian champions Bali United, Cambodian champions Boeung Ket and a play-off winner. Saigon FC will join group H with Malaysian side Kedah Darul Aman, Singapore’s Lion City Sailors and a play-off winner. The play-off winners of both groups would be either from Laos, Myanmar or Brunei. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese clubs expected to sail through AFC Cup group stage
Piano Bar: Reviving Vietnamese cinema
The show starts with Madame’s funeral. Her five children come home from around the globe to attend one of the biggest ceremonies the city has seen since the war. As they read the will, they discover how much the family fortune has dwindled and that the ruined hotel is impossible to sell. In order to pay the maintenance bills for the crumbling estate, the five siblings decide to transform it into their first business venture: thus came the birth of the legendary Piano Bar. … [Read more...] about Piano Bar: Reviving Vietnamese cinema
Finance sector contributes decisively to national achievements: Official
Over the next five years, the sector will focus on completing and synchronously implementing policies on pricing, State finance, corporate finance, accounting, auditing, administrative reform, applying achievements from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and allocating financial resources in accordance with market signals. The sector will also give priority to attracting foreign investment, shifting from extensive investment to intensive investment, and fully implementing previous and new free trade agreements. Dung said the finance sector will effectively implement the principle of spending within financial capacity and borrowing within repayment ability, and work to complete a database on revenues, expenditures, public debts, and public assets, while improving the efficiency of public financial management and administration at both the macro and micro scale, and promoting openness and transparency, as well as intensifying the fight against corruption and wastefulness. The … [Read more...] about Finance sector contributes decisively to national achievements: Official
Officials highlight circular economy, macro-economic stability at Party Congress
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on January 27 emphasised the importance of a circular economy while Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong noted the need to stay persistent in the target of keeping inflation under control and maintaining macro-economic stability. In his speech at the 13th National Party Congress, Minister Ha underlined that a circular economy is becoming an inevitable trend to meet the requirement for sustainable development amid worsening resource degradation and exhaustion, environmental pollution, and climate change. Building a circular economy is identified as one of the national development orientations for 2021 - 2030 in the draft documents submitted to the congress, he said. Highlighting benefits of a circular economy, he pointed out that although after 35 years of “Doi moi” (Renewal), Vietnam has emerged to be a bright spot of growth in the region and the world, it is facing a … [Read more...] about Officials highlight circular economy, macro-economic stability at Party Congress